Comments on: M.T.A. Tells Skeptical Council Snow Response Will Improvehttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/14/m-t-a-tells-skeptical-council-snow-response-will-improve/
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By: Jamiehttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/14/m-t-a-tells-skeptical-council-snow-response-will-improve/comment-page-1/#comment-851369
Fri, 14 Jan 2011 23:36:11 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/14/m-t-a-tells-skeptical-council-snow-response-will-improve/#comment-851369People like Jay Walder are good at cutting costs and improving efficiencies; they are very poor at things like actually running a subway or bus system. Making things worse, these kind of managers frequently clash with blue collar management and these people are frequently pushed out in favor of more agreeable personalities.

The result was the worst MTA response to a storm I have seen in my lifetime.

]]>By: SKVhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/14/m-t-a-tells-skeptical-council-snow-response-will-improve/comment-page-1/#comment-851291
Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:44:18 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/14/m-t-a-tells-skeptical-council-snow-response-will-improve/#comment-851291These hearings are simply a dog-and-pony show designed to let Christine Quinn, who intends to be NYC’s next mayor, get in some good sound bites. Her level of outrage has ben precisely calibrated and aimed to avoid offending the people she needs for her election. Any taxpayer who thinks she is their champion is in for a sad surprise.

Where was she during the week the city was paralyzed?

]]>By: Dan Stackhousehttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/14/m-t-a-tells-skeptical-council-snow-response-will-improve/comment-page-1/#comment-851289
Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:42:58 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/14/m-t-a-tells-skeptical-council-snow-response-will-improve/#comment-851289Ehh, I don’t buy it. Snow cripples the MTA, always has, always will.
]]>By: Stephen - NYChttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/14/m-t-a-tells-skeptical-council-snow-response-will-improve/comment-page-1/#comment-851233
Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:08:10 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/14/m-t-a-tells-skeptical-council-snow-response-will-improve/#comment-851233here’s a funny video if not for the fact that the first time the snow hit their house (broke the windows) they were sleeping – so what did he do? He got out his video camera. And sure enough they came around a second time.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7weYUdGSLo
]]>By: Donahttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/14/m-t-a-tells-skeptical-council-snow-response-will-improve/comment-page-1/#comment-851167
Fri, 14 Jan 2011 20:52:39 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/14/m-t-a-tells-skeptical-council-snow-response-will-improve/#comment-851167They should have never raised the fares amidst all that. They should have kept the fare down. It’s simply a fair trade.
]]>By: Bernardhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/14/m-t-a-tells-skeptical-council-snow-response-will-improve/comment-page-1/#comment-851161
Fri, 14 Jan 2011 20:38:51 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/14/m-t-a-tells-skeptical-council-snow-response-will-improve/#comment-851161And what recommendations would the all knowing ones have made to better handle the storm? Oh there was one, “look out the window”
]]>By: Johnhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/14/m-t-a-tells-skeptical-council-snow-response-will-improve/comment-page-1/#comment-851155
Fri, 14 Jan 2011 20:37:01 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/14/m-t-a-tells-skeptical-council-snow-response-will-improve/#comment-851155“It’s just contrary to our philosophy,” he said. “We’ll sort the money out later.”

Wow. If that statement doesn’t sum up the MTA’s philosophy, I don’t know what does.

]]>By: BarryParhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/14/m-t-a-tells-skeptical-council-snow-response-will-improve/comment-page-1/#comment-851149
Fri, 14 Jan 2011 20:33:33 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/14/m-t-a-tells-skeptical-council-snow-response-will-improve/#comment-851149Don’t forget that Mr. Prendergast ran the LIRR- after Hoppe got fired for blizzard related antics in 1994. So, the flake does not fall too far from the tree.
]]>By: LIRR Commuterhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/14/m-t-a-tells-skeptical-council-snow-response-will-improve/comment-page-1/#comment-851135
Fri, 14 Jan 2011 20:15:43 +0000http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/14/m-t-a-tells-skeptical-council-snow-response-will-improve/#comment-851135Beware of Mr. Prendergast – he is as corporate as they come. Look at his record at the LIRR. The Council better followup why Transit did not have a contingency plan. What about REAL disasters, as opposed to snow storms. You guys better get a task force going and fast.
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